[Scummvm-devel] ScummVM 1.7.0 release

[Matthew Hoops]

On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Filippos Karapetis <bluegr at gmail.com> wrote:
> No, that's not what I said. The NEWS file mentions "Added back support for
> MPEG-2 videos". I said that "We should probably mention that libmpeg2 is now
> an additional optional dependency".
I know what you said, and that goes with my comment below. But, no, we
shouldn't list that. We never did that for other dependencies either.

>> > - There have been several improvements in the PS2 port
>> > - The Wii backend can now be built with DevKitPPC R26 and later
>> > - A new OpenGL (ES) backend has been added
>> > - Experimental support for the OUYA has been added
>> > - The BADA port has been merged/updated into Tizen
>> > - Savegames in Tony Tough now work in BE platforms
>> > - The GUI can now be rendered in 32-bits
>> > - The game detection of the QUEEN engine has been rewritten
>> > - The build system has been changed to be more modular and easier to add
>> > new
>> > engines
>> > - UTF-32 support has been added
>> Some of these things don't really really NEWS-worthy. The build system
>> being rewritten doesn't affect the user. They won't care about UTF-32
>> support either; it doesn't even affect the GUI.
>
>
> A brief mention of some of these changes should be made in the NEWS file,
> for power users, or people who build their own versions of ScummVM.
The NEWS file isn't for power users. Any documentation file that gets
distributed with releases should be for normal users to read.

Anyone who builds their own version of ScummVM could see any new
dependency in configure (or create_project) anyway.

Matt